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Jason Beers, Bob Loohauis, Steve Stuebe, Gary Dennis. This session will provide you with a better understanding of the CMS requirements for emergency preparedness for electrical power.

Roy Hirchak, CHFM, Defense Health Agency (DHA). This session will address the DOD's approach to enterprise health care delivery with the enactment of the 2017 National Defense Authorization Act.

Brent Rutherford, CHFM, Texas Health Resources. This presentation will walk you through the development of the Texas Health Resources commissioning process, the details of the implementation plan on the Frisco campus, and how we achieved the desired long-term results.

The number of connected devices in buildings is growing at an ever-increasing rate, going hand-in-hand with a rise in cybersecurity incidents. This presentation will offer insight into how cybersecurity comes into play and demonstrate best practices for how to manage threats and mitigate risks.

Jerry Folsom, Siemens Smart Infrastructure. In this session, we will discuss several approaches to enabling visionary patient experiences, reducing clinical workloads, improving patient outcomes, and streamlining cost structures in both renovated and new facilities.

Greg Swafford CPD, GPD. In this presentation, we review the impact of common building water issues, the principles of effective water management, and how emerging technology can consistently deliver hot water throughout the facility, minimize stagnation, optimize system performance, and support ASHRAE 188 compliance.

Join our webinar to understand how CHP can improve energy efficiency and reduce costs.

Jonathan Flannery, Fiona Nemetz, MS, CHESP, T-CHEST, T-CSCT, EMHP. Subject matter experts will explain best practices and recommendations on how to keep patient care areas clean and to avoid the spread of the SARs CoV-2 virus through contact; how ventilation systems can help reduce the spread via airborne transmission and how to properly disinfect and clean systems impacted by the virus.

Classification schemas are designed to provide health care planners, designers, and operators with a common nomenclature, and to generate these benefits for health care facilities departments.

Kevin Scarlett, Jacob McCall, Benjamin Leutze. This presentation will address the reasons behind these standards, common compliance questions and the action steps for a successful outcome.

Understand domestic water distribution and treatment, as well as the various potable water treatment methods, how to apply those methods appropriately, and the effects on the building distribution system and components.

This presentation provides an outline for the first step in the resiliency process: assessing your facility’s vulnerability.

ASHE presents a webinar on health care capital planning, highlighting the risk of deferred maintenance and the essential elements for a successful program.

Timothy Adams, Benjamin Leutze, Joanna Lynch. Medical telemetry is used in most hospitals and many outpatient facilities. This session explores the usage of medical telemetry, including the need for it to be able to operate interference-free from other radio frequency sources.

A team approach to survey the kitchen on a routine basis, and know what to look for and ask kitchen staff, is key to preventing a kitchen disaster.

The Joint Commission is now stressing the need to maximize technology during surveys to minimize contact. Many hospitals around the country still believe that surveyors prefer paper documentation and have resisted the move to electronic document management. Educate yourself on the facts, and get ready for virtual surveys as the new normal by learning from Joint Commission veterans George Mills and Jason Beers.

Renee Bryce, Melanie Petherick, Rick Burns. Virginia Mason’s main electrical room (MER) upgrade project team leads (electrical contractor, hospital design/construction and emergency management) will discuss the MER project, methodologies for shutdown risk assessment and planning, improvement strategies, real-time redline as-built document updates and collaboration, communications, tools and templates developed, and lessons learned along the way.